Here's what I guess you'd call digital hardcore/industrial from Belarus with male/female shouting vocals, thick beats and electronic programming, and a little bit of guitar (compliments of a guest musician). Admittedly this isn't really my thing, but they're not bad. I really dislike the guitars, and some of the vocals are overbearing, but the beats and electronics are pretty cool, and when they use samples they handle them fairly well. They cover several atmospheres as well. It's not all in your face, there are some sort of ambient textures and spoken voices as well as the shouting alongside aggressive percussion. The songs are definitely too long, though. Some of them are sitting pretty at around three minutes, but when they start topping seven or eight minutes they're going overboard. The recording doesn't bother me. It's all sort of the same, and there's not a great deal of clarity, but it's not muddy or overly sloppy either. I think it works. The layout looks okay, but overall the presentation isn't that professional. The CD-R is blank but has the band name and album title handwritten on it, and I hate when people do that, the printing was all done on a home computer so there are a lot of little printer dots everywhere (some parts of which looks better than others), and the text is sort of tiny and pixilated, which can be hard to read (but at least it's consistent throughout). The only imagery is a nude woman in combat boots laying flat on her back with a gun pointed at her face. I don't know... I think I'd like this better if it was power electronics or something, because some of the female vocals with heavy effects sound incredible, but don't quite fit the less than punishing music. I could see people appreciating this if they're into related genres, but it's not something I can get into, even though I do sense that effort was put into these songs, and I enjoy portions of the disc.
[D-Trash]
Running time - 56:15, Tracks: 13
[Notable tracks: Last People, Cheerfully, Merrily and Impudent]
D-Trash Records - http://www.dtrashrecords.com
